As a new year begins, we exchange greetings and wish one another peace and happiness. Yet, what kind of happiness truly endures? What kind of abundance can calm both body and mind in an age of uncertainty and upheaval?

In 2026, Dharma Drum Mountain adopts the annual theme “Blessings and Joy in Abundance.” Abbot President Venerable Guo Huei invites everyone, amid the challenges of climate change and extreme disasters, to realign our needs and desires through the Four Ways to Cultivate Blessings; to transform the shared difficulties of individuals and society through the Four Steps for Handling a Problem; and to nurture inner peace, family harmony, and a fulfilled life through the practice of the Four Kinds of Environmentalism.

As we welcome the Year of the Horse, let us begin with a mind of gratitude and a single good deed—transforming ourselves, warming the world, and together ushering in a new year filled with blessings and joy in abundance.